IEEE C802.16m-09/1225
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Title
Interference Mitigation for CSG Femtocells in IEEE 802.16m Amendment
Date
Submitted
2009-07-06
Source(s)
Luciano Sarperi, Yanling Lu, Keiichi
Nakatsugawa
Fujitsu
Re:
luciano.sarperi@uk.fujitsu.com
yanling.lu@cn.fujitsu.com
nakatsugawa@jp.fujitsu.com
802.16m Amendment Working Document
Call for contributions on “Support for Femtocell BS”
Abstract
This contribution proposes an interference mitigation mechanism for Closed Subscriber Group
(CSG) Femtocells.
Purpose
Discussion and approval by TGm.
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Interference Mitigation for CSG Femtocells
in IEEE 802.16m Amendment
Luciano Sarperi, Yanling Lu, Keiichi Nakatsugawa
Fujitsu
Introduction
In order to mitigate interference between Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) femtocells and AMSs which are not
members of the CSG, the SDD [1] defines in Section 15.9:

“Large interference from an inaccessible Femtocell BS may trigger a nearby MS to report the
interference to the serving BS, and the report information should include system information of the
inaccessible Femtocell BS (e.g., BS_ID of the femtocell BS). The serving BS and/or the network may
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request the interfering Femtocell BS to mitigate the interference by reducing transmission power, and/or
blocking some resource region.”
This contribution proposes AWD text for the above mechanism, by defining AMS signaling and discussing
inter-BS coordination between BSs under the network operator’s control and CSG femtocell ABSs for the
purpose of interference reduction/avoidance.
Proposed Interference Mitigation Procedure
In order to reduce interference between CSG femtocells and macrocells, it is proposed that:
1. The interfered AMS can request interference mitigation to the serving macrocell when it experiences
high levels of interference from a CSG femtocell of which it is not a member.
2. The macrocell in which the femtocell is overlaid can subsequently impose scheduling restrictions on
CSG closed user group femto ABSs.
3. The restrictions may either be signaled from the macrocell BS to the femtocell ABS via the backbone
connection or they may be configured in the femtocell ABS statically or semi-statically.
The proposed scheduling restrictions protect the A-MAP and data resource allocations.
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Interference Analysis
In the following, the received long term signal power from an interfering CSG femtocell and the serving
macrocell are analyzed. The parameters listed in Table 1 were used, which are based on the baseline case in the
EMD [2] (where applicable). It is assumed that both macrocells and CSG femtocell use the same radio resources
and the AMS is not a member of the CSG.
Table 1 Parameters
Parameter
Setting
Carrier Frequency
2.5Ghz
Ptx macro ABS
46dBm
Ptx femto ABS
25dBm
Path loss urban/suburban
baseline
130.19+37.6*log10(d[km])
Path Loss NLOS Room to
Corridor, Sec. 3.2.3.4
Indoor Small Office
43.8+36.8*log10(d[m])+20*log10(f[GHz]/ 5.0)
Antenna Gain macro ABS
17dBi
Cable loss macro ABS
2dB
Penetration loss
10dB
Figure 1 Dynamic Range Required at AMS
Figure 1 shows the received macrocell signal powers at D=100m and D=400m distance from the macrocell ABS
and the received femtocell signal power at distances 3…20m from the femtocell ABS. It can be seen that even at
a distance of 100m from the macrocell ABS, the femtocell signal can be considerably stronger than the
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macrocell signal (red shaded area). The analysis indicates that a non-CSG AMS operated in the vicinity of a
femtocell will experience high interference, resulting in low throughput or higher outage. Note that the signal
strength differences can be close to the typical dynamic range of an AMS (40…50dB), in which case the AMS
will experience large interference even if it operates on a different frequency partition than the femtocell.
Therefore, the AMS should be able to request interference mitigation by signaling the serving ABS when it
experiences strong interference from a CSG femtocell. Subsequently, resource allocation coordination between
the serving ABS under the network operator’s control and the CSG femtocell ABS can be performed in order to
reduce such interference.
Proposed new text in the 802.16 Amendment Working Document (IEEE 802.16m09/0010r2)
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15.3.X Support for Femtocell BS
15.3.X.Y Interference Avoidance and Interference Mitigation
An AMS shall send the AAI_CSG_IM-REQ message specified in Table Y1 with Action set to “0b0” to its
serving ABS when it detects strong interference from a CSG femtocell of which it is not a member. The serving
ABS shall then respond to the AMS with the AAI_CSG_IM-RSP message specified in Table Y2. If the serving
ABS accepts the request, then it shall indicate to the interfering CSG femtocell to activate some scheduling
restrictions by transmitting a Femtocell Interference Mitigation Control Primitive over the backbone network.
The Femtocell Interference Mitigation Control Primitives are a set of primitives for supporting the signalling of
scheduling restrictions from the serving ABS to the CSG femtocell ABS. The details are TBD.
Table Y1 – AAI_CSG_IM-REQ message format
Syntax
AAI_CSG_IM-REQ _Message_Format(){
Size(bits)
Notes
-
-
Management Message Type
8
[TBD]
Cel-ID-number
2
The number of cell IDs provided in this
message
IDcell
10
Action
1
IDcell of interfering CSG Femtocell, range
from 0 to 767
0b0: Start interference mitigation
0b1: Stop interference mitigation
For (i=0; i<Cell-ID-number; i++){
}
Padding
Variable
}
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Padding to reach byte boundary
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Table Y2 - AAI_CSG_IM-RSP message format
Syntax
AAI_CSG_IM-RSP_Message_Format(){
Management Message Type
Size(bits) Notes
-
-
8
[TBD]
1
Bitmap in the same order as reported IDcell
in CSG_IM-REQ message
0b0: Reject the IM request from the AMS
0b1: Confirm the IM request from the AMS
Variable
Padding to reach byte boundary
For (i=0; i<Cell-ID-number; i++)
Response Bitmap
Padding
}
When an AMS experiences that the interference from a CSG femtocell of which it is not a member is falling
below a certain level, it shall send the AAI_CSG_IM-REQ message with Action set to “0b1” to request
termination of the interference mitigation.
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References
[1] IEEE 80216m-08/003r9a “IEEE 802.16m System Description Document”, 31 May 2009.
[2] IEEE 802.16m-08/004r5 “IEEE 802.16m Evaluation Methodology Document (EMD)”, 15 January 2009.
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